| There are many different sizes and styles of dog | | | | wish to consider getting a furniture style canine bed. |
| beds available. Which one you should get for your | | | | Commonly for example there are sofa dog beds |
| canine should be determined from the size of your | | | | styled after sofas. It provides both space to stretch |
| pet, your pet's sleeping style, and your pet's muscular | | | | out and elevated areas to curl up against. |
| skeletal health. An adequate sized bed designed to | | | | Does Your Dog Suffer From Hip Dysplasia or |
| accommodate your canine's sleeping style is | | | | Arthritis, or is it in a High Risk Group for Developing |
| important for your pet's comfort and health. | | | | Hip Dysplasia? |
| Large Dog Bed or Small Dog Bed - How Large Should | | | | If your dog suffers from hip dysplasia or arthritis, or |
| your Canine's Bed Be? | | | | of it is in a high risk group for developing hip |
| Measure your dog from tip of the nose to the base | | | | dysplasia, then you'll probably want to get a bed that |
| of its tail and from the floor to its head. This will give | | | | is described as an orthopedic dog bed. Larger breeds |
| you an idea of the width and height of the canine | | | | of dog are more at risk of developing hip dysplasia |
| bed required. But you also need to take into account | | | | than smaller breeds, particularly German Shepherds, |
| your dog's sleeping style. | | | | Great Danes, Labrador Retrievers, Golden Retrievers, |
| What's Your Dog's Sleeping Style? | | | | Rottweilers and Saint Bernards. |
| Check your pet's size while it sleeps. There are a | | | | Orthopedic dog beds use special materials - memory |
| number of canine beds designed to accommodate | | | | foam being one of the most popular - designed to |
| your dog's preferred sleeping style. You will want to | | | | provide comfort and support to the dog's joint, thus |
| get one that accommodates your dogs sleeping | | | | helping to maintain the dog's joints and reduce |
| style. | | | | suffering. Additionally, there are also orthopedic dog |
| If your pet likes to stretch out when it beds down | | | | beds available with a heating facility. This would |
| and sleeps, then you may wish to measure your pet | | | | particularly be something to consider if the dog's |
| while it sleeps when fully stretched out. If you are | | | | sleeping area is not in a warm location, as coldness |
| considering getting a mattress canine bed, you will | | | | tends to worsen the condition. You may also wish to |
| want to add about an extra 12 inches to both | | | | avoid any designer dog beds that have awkward |
| dimensions so your dog has room to stretch and | | | | heights or ramps that the dog would need to |
| move as he pleases. | | | | negotiate in order to access the bed. |
| If your dog's normal sleeping style is to curl into a ball | | | | Is Your Dog Still Growing? |
| or nest, then you can measure the diameter of the | | | | If your pet is still growing you may wish to consider |
| dog when curled up during sleep. You will need to add | | | | getting a bed large enough to accommodate his |
| about an extra 8 inches to the diameter of the | | | | expected full size, or you may be happy to get an |
| dome, donut or nest dog bed. | | | | appropriate sized bed now and then buy a larger one |
| If your dog frequently changes between sleeping in a | | | | later. |
| curl style and sleeping stretched out, then you may | | | | |